To Mountain Tarn 



way to put it down is to say, " Now, ladies and 

 gentlemen, you will understand that this is a 

 matter between the dogs and the otter." 



Almost a hounds' day that in which the quarry 

 was rolled over. Well-nigh a tragedy, and would 

 have been wholly one, but for an ally that came 

 to the otter's aid. The muddied stream crept up 

 the sedge blades and floated out the higher 

 grasses. Some of the mills had opened the 

 sluice, and set free the pent water of the dam. 

 And so the holes under the tree-roots were 

 sealed from the dogs. Perhaps the hunt is at its 

 best so, with all the excitement of a chase with- 

 out the satiety of a kill. 



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